Liga IV Bihor

Liga IV Bihor is the county football division of Liga IV for clubs based in Bihor County, România. The competition is ranked as the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system and it is competed between 16 teams, the winner may or may not be promoted to Liga III, depending of the result of a promotion play-off that is disputed against a winner of the neighboring counties series.

Liga IV Bihor

Founded	1968
Country	Romania
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Liga III
Relegation to	Liga V – Bihor County
Domestic cup(s)	Cupa României Supercupa României
Current champions	CA Oradea (1st title) (2019–20)
Most championships	Minerul Ștei (8 titles)
Website	AJF Bihor
2019–20 Liga IV Bihor

History

In 1968, along with the territorial reorganization of the country,[1] but also due to the large number of requests, the Romanian Football Federation proposes a competitive system in which each county has its own football championship, which will activate the former teams in the regional championship as well as the racing and town championship teams from the previous edition.[2]

Liga IV – Bihor County is considered one of the most prolific series of the fourth tier, giving over time a large number of teams for the Liga III, or Divizia C, as it was known until 2006, among them, were names such as Bihoreana Marghita, Crișul Aleșd, CS Oșorhei, CSC Sânmartin, Luceafărul Oradea, Minerul Ștei, Minerul Șuncuiuș, Olimpia Salonta, Oțelul Ștei, Unirea Valea lui Mihai, Tricolorul Oradea or Voința Oradea.

Promotion

The champions of each county association play one another in a play-off to promote to the Liga III. Geographical criteria are taken into consideration when the play-offs are drawn. In total there are 41 county champions plus the Bucharest municipal champion.

List of champions

Season Winners 1968–69 Minerul Bihor 1969–70 Minerul Bihor 1970–71 Bihoreana Marghita 1971–72 Minerul Bihor 1972–73 Minerul Șuncuiuș 1973–74 Voința Oradea 1974–75 Aurora Beiuș 1975–76 Oțelul Bihor 1976–77 Minerul Voivozi 1977–78 Tricolor Beiuș 1978–79 Alumina Oradea 1979–80 Unirea Valea lui Mihai 1980–81 Tricolorul Oradea 1981–82 Minerul Bihor 1982–83 Minerul Șuncuiuș

Season Winners 1983–84 Recolta Salonta 1984–85 Gloria Beiuș 1985–86 Bihoreana Marghita 1986–87 Voința Oradea 1987–88 Voința Oradea 1988–89 Minerul Bihor 1989–90 Olimpia Salonta 1990–91 Minerul Voivozi 1991–92 Minerul Voivozi 1992–93 Olimpia Salonta 1993–94 Minerul Bihor 1994–95 Minerul Bihor 1995–96 Viitorul Oradea 1996–97 Crișul Aleșd 1997–98 Minerul Șuncuiuș

Season Winners 1998–99 Olimpia Salonta 1999–00 Oțelul Ștei 2000–01 Viitorul Oradea 2001–02 Foresta Tileagd 2002–03 Minerul Ștei[3] 2003–04 Olimpia Salonta[4] 2004–05 Lotus Băile Felix[5] 2005–06 Tricolorul Alparea[6] 2006–07 Bihor II Tileagd[7] 2007–08 Liberty II Marghita[8] 2008–09 Luceafărul Oradea 2009–10 Bioland Paleu 2010–11 Unirea Valea lui Mihai 2011–12 Tricolorul Alparea[9] 2012–13 Kinder Junior Paleu

Season Winners 2013–14 Sânmartin 2014–15 Luceafărul Oradea 2015–16 Diosig 2016–17 Diosig 2017–18 Sânmartin 2018–19 Sânmartin 2019–20 CA Oradea

See also

Main Leagues

• Liga I
• Liga II
• Liga III
• Liga IV

County Leagues (Liga IV series)

North–East Liga IV Bacău Liga IV Botoșani Liga IV Iași Liga IV Neamț Liga IV Suceava Liga IV Vaslui

North–West Liga IV Bihor Liga IV Bistrița-Năsăud Liga IV Cluj Liga IV Maramureș Liga IV Satu Mare Liga IV Sălaj

Center Liga IV Alba Liga IV Brașov Liga IV Covasna Liga IV Harghita Liga IV Mureș Liga IV Sibiu

West Liga IV Arad Liga IV Caraș-Severin Liga IV Gorj Liga IV Hunedoara Liga IV Mehedinți Liga IV Timiș

South–West Liga IV Argeș Liga IV Dâmbovița Liga IV Dolj Liga IV Olt Liga IV Teleorman Liga IV Vâlcea

South Liga IV Bucharest Liga IV Călărași Liga IV Giurgiu Liga IV Ialomița Liga IV Ilfov Liga IV Prahova

South–East Liga IV Brăila Liga IV Buzău Liga IV Constanța Liga IV Galați Liga IV Tulcea Liga IV Vrancea

References

1. "Controversele ultimei reorganizări administrativ-teritoriale" [Controversies of the last administrative-territorial reorganization]. adevarul.ro. February 16, 2013.
2. "Fotbalul bihorean la ceas aniversar: 110 ani de fotbal şi 40 de ani de FC Bihor". ebihoreanul.ro.
3. După 5 ani, "minerii" revin în Divizia "C"! Minerul Ştei - Olimpia Salonta 2-1 (1-1). crisana.ro (in Romanian)
4. Capăt de linie în Divizia D. crisana.ro (in Romanian)
5. Final de sezon în Divizia D. crisana.ro (in Romanian)
6. Pregătiri pentru sărbătoare la Alparea. crisana.ro (in Romanian)
7. Divizia D, etapa a 30-a. crisana.ro (in Romanian)
8. Punct final în Liga a IV-a la fotbal. crisana.ro (in Romanian)
9. "Tricolorul Alparea a devenit campioana Bihorului" [Tricolorul Alparea became the champion of Bihor]. liga2.prosport.ro. June 8, 2012.(in Romanian)

External links

• Official website